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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Believe me, I know this is my issue and not theirs. I haven’t been pushing them because I don’t want them to be stressed out and neurotic when academics don’t come naturally easily to them. I guess I’m trying to see what others are doing bc it seems like it’s a real problem if a kid is average. Even PPs above are suggesting ADHD. I realize not everyone is going to be a superstar professor or CEO or math genius. Academics came easily to me my whole life. I didn’t need tutors or SAT prep classes etc. I just did well. So it’s admittedly difficult for me to see my kids struggling with what came so easily to me.

And what’s wrong with classifying oneself as Type A? I wish I wasn’t so intense about things, but I am. My kids, and one in particular is definitely Type B. She couldn’t care less about schoolwork or tests or grades. She enjoys art and music and dance. But I am trying to explain to her that she needs a solid education even if she ends up in art school or culinary school. [/quote]

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